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	01-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists revile [ ri-VAHYL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to scold or rebuke using offensive language 2. (intr.v.) to insult by means of abusive language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The main accusation against the soldiers was that they reviled the prisoners of war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The contrast with neighbouring Nepal, where this year a much-reviled monarch was given his marching orders, could not be starker. The Economist, Crowning glory, Nov 13th 2008   sallow [ SAL-oh ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) a sickly, yellow shade or hue of yellow 2. (tr.v.) to cause something to become sallow 3. (n.) a broad-leaved willow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sallow skin indicated that he had been sick for a long time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The plants they really clobber include ash, hazel, and sallow. And it's characteristic of all woods with high deer densities that bramble gets heavily browsed. National Geographic, Deer Behind Britain's Great Bird Decline?, James Owen in the United Kingdom for National Geographic News, March 3, 2003   accord [ uh-kawrd ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make agreeable 2. (tr. v.) to bestow upon or to grant 3. (tr. v.) to cause to agree 4. (intr. v.) to be in harmony or in agreement 5.(n.) the state of being n harmony 6. (n.) the act of being in agreement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The two countries had reached an accord on the exchange of prisoners of war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In April, dozens of international firms doing business in Russia signed an accord, pledging not to offer bribes. BBC, Bribery is 'awful problem' for Russia, Shuvalov says, 2 June 2010.   scintillate [ SIN-tl-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to sparkle, shimmer or flash 2. (tr.v.) to twinkle or gleam like the stars (tr.v) to be animated, witty or brilliant (intr.v.) to gleam, shimmer or sparkle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her dress scintillated in the evening lights.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a delightful mix of young dancers who scintillate with their synchronised steps," Neha Jha, who saw the performance in Mumbai, said. The Times of India, 'Moulin Rouge' will now dazzle Delhi, 3 Dec 2005   redolent [ RED-l-uh 'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having or emitting a pleasant smell; fragrant 2. (usu. followed by 'of' or 'with') having a characteristic odour; smelling (of something) 3. suggestive or remindful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The roses and jasmine redolent with a sweet fragrance made the walk in the garden a pleasant experience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's redolent of the Scottish Highlands, where the action is set, with tartans much on display and clumps of heather growing in the woods. ABC News, Review: Dessay Shines as 'Lucia' in San Francisco, By MIKE SILVERMAN   Spelled Pronunciation Key Stress marks: [ CAPS ] indicates the primary stressed syllable, as in newspaper [NOOZ-pey-per ] and information [ in-fer-MEY-shuh' n ] CONSONANTS [b] boy, baby, rob [d] do, ladder, bed [f] food, offer, safe [g] get, bigger, dog [h] happy, ahead [j] jump, budget, age [k] can, speaker, stick [l] let, follow, still [m] make, summer, time [n] no, dinner, thin [ng] singer, think, long [p] put, apple, cup [r] run, marry, far, store [s] sit, city, passing, face [sh] she, station, push [t] top, better, cat [ch] church, watching, nature, witch [th] thirsty, nothing, math [th'] this, mother, breathe [v] very, seven, love [w] wear, away [hw] where, somewhat [y] yes, onion [z] zoo, easy, buzz [zh] measure, television, beige   VOWELS [a] apple, can, hat [ey] aid, hate, day [ah] arm, father, aha [air] air, careful, wear [aw] all, or, talk, lost, saw [e] ever, head, get [ee] eat, see, need [eer] ear, hero, beer [er] teacher, afterward, murderer [i] it, big, finishes [ahy] I, ice, hide, deny [o] odd, hot, woffle [oh] owe, road, below [oo] ooze, food, soup, sue [oo'] good, book, put [oi] oil, choice, toy [ou] out, loud, how [uh] up, mother, mud [uh'] about, animal, problem, circus [ur] early, bird, stirring   FOREIGN SOUNDS [a*] Fr. ami [kh*] Scot. loch, Ger. ach or ich [œ] Fr. feu, Ger. schön [r*] Fr. au revoir, Yiddish rebbe [uh*] Fr. oeuvre [y*] Fr. tu, Ger. über   SAMPLE NASALIZED VOWELS [an*] Fr. bien [ahn*] Fr. croissant [awn*] Fr. bon [œn*] Fr. parfum [in*] Port. 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